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Światu nie mamy czego zazdrościć. Zwyczajne losy mieszkańców Korei Północnej by Barbara Demick

6 reviews

madicastle's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Violence and Xenophobia

cepbreed's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

My heart and mind are so heavy. For the first time I’ve struggled to sleep after reading a book. The thought of the thousands of starving children, so destitute they don’t own shoes, never mind even a singular morsel of food to eat. I’ve been interested in learning more about the aftermath of the Korean War for a while but I don’t know if I can continue pursuing the topic. One thought about all of those Korean people does make it hard to think of anything else. 

I appreciate Barbara Demick’s knowledge of the topic and her closed pool of defectors that she interviewed, but some part of this book felt like she wasn’t giving readers enough credit. Some bits were needlessly repeated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Excrement, and Cannibalism

jenniesreadingjourney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Slavery, Police brutality, Dementia, Medical trauma, Abortion, Gaslighting, and Deportation

bilbili's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Cannibalism and Abandonment

marissab's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

astrangewind's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.75

This book is intense, but worth the read.

The oppression faced by North Koreans is unimaginable, and this book brings that to life through a cast of defectors. The facts tell their own story of the struggle to survive. Reading about the famine was almost too much, but I enjoyed reading about their escape. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Physical abuse, War, and Deportation

Minor: Torture, Trafficking, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail